diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c82fba11..ebc4a48a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 # version should use the format 'x.x.x' (instead of 'vx.x.x')
 setup(
     name='vertica-python',
-    version='0.6.5',
+    version='0.6.6',
     description='A native Python client for the Vertica database.',
-    author='Justin Berka, Alex Kim, Kenneth Tran',
-    author_email='justin.berka@gmail.com, alex.kim@uber.com, tran@uber.com',
+    author='Justin Berka, Alex Kim',
+    author_email='justin.berka@gmail.com, alex.kim@uber.com',
     url='https://github.com/uber/vertica-python/',
     keywords="database vertica",
     packages=find_packages(),
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
     install_requires=[
         'python-dateutil>=1.5',
         'pytz',
-        'future'
+        'future',
+        'six>=1.10.0'
     ],
     extras_require={'namedparams': ['psycopg2>=2.5.1']},
     classifiers=[
diff --git a/vertica_python/__init__.py b/vertica_python/__init__.py
index 431dedac..cd486e62 100644
--- a/vertica_python/__init__.py
+++ b/vertica_python/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Main module for this library.
 
 # The version number of this library.
-version_info = (0, 6, 5)
+version_info = (0, 6, 6)
 
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version_info))